Show RETAINS TITLE ON DOWNING PROGRAM M I Ir r c. c I orts F Fans ns Honor Bon or Hardy 1 fAt At Big Show lira Ira Dern and Al AI Newman Win Features Card r Draws 2000 People L. L By FRANK K BAKER Telegram Sport Sports Editor Hardy HardyK K Downing felt a deeper appreciation ap apt of friendship Saturday after 1000 friends friend turned out Friday night at a wrestling and boxing testimonial tes teSt at McCulloughs McCullough's arena in m honor of the popular Salt Lake sports snorts character who vho knew him Mm when he hc Was as a bicycle rider on Salt Lakes Lake's world famous Salt Palace Palace friends friends who vho knew him when as a fight pro promoter promoter pro pro- moter he started Jack Dempsey on th the road to the worlds world's championship i yes yes all these timers old and many more whose hair is not so thin nor so gray vay lent their support to the pro pro- gram grain In Hardys Hardy's behalf I Hardys Hardy's friends have not waited until until un un- un til Valhalla's portals stood open for lor theIr fellow cit citizen zen Their flowers lowers came came to the living In the form of tinklIng tinkling tinkling tin tin- kling dollars dollars dollars-a a gift gUt for which Hardy eloquently thanked everybody from the ring rine FrIda Friday night Besides the thousand who braved the prospect of or a sweltering evening In the arena several hun hundred ed more had bought tickets the they were vere unable to use i In this way the committee gath gath- I end ered approximately 1400 it was estimated d. d to help a a. friend along alongI i a trail that had bad become none too rosy And t the e big city touted for Its coldness and aloofness had hadr r proved that like the rural community com corn which plows the sick t mans man's field and cuts cots his lits hay it can also be most neighborly Not the le least of Hardys Hardy's friends proved t the gladiators themselves themselves- men like Hardy dealt with for years IS s one of the country's foremost pro These fighters and wrestlers wrestlers wres wres- tiers gave of cit their own perspiration tion nd irid blood that th the testimonial would be possible Jackie Burke Ogden battler successfully sue suc defended his intermountain welterweight championship in the boxing headliner and both Ira Dern I md A Al Newman won one fall victories vic vie tories in the wrestling features Burke won on a technical kayo 1 0 ARENA ARENt RESULTS A A. testimonial to Hardy K X Down- Down L L. lot BOXING Jackie Burke H 14 Or Orden den defeated defeat defeat- ed rd Erinia Terry 13 Dr Draper per t technical tech tech- b- b nicil knockout eighth Terry broke a hand and end tras wal continue Mor Me Warren 13 13 Fork detested defeated Johnny Johnn Corty HO California California Cali Call fornia t I decision I six round Paul raul Erans Enns US Salt San Lake CUT City knocked out oat Jimmy 13 Midvale third hitS WRESTLING Ira Bern Dern 12 Salt Lake City de defeated Sc de- fisted Goran Coun 03 Chicago fall sue match 12 minutes back bodY drop Al AI Newman IO Salt Lake CU City defeated Bill BUI anon 19 Salt Lake CUT City one fall match 16 minutest hammerlock Ashley Achier Smith In 17 Salt Lake ke City and Lou Loo 1 JS VS S Salt lt Lake City CUr rr trw 20 minute time limit Turf Taylor Ui Salt Lake ake CU City and Doc Doe Johnson 1 7 Salt Lake I drew drewi I 15 minute time limit I I When hen Ennis Terry the Draper Drag- Drag failed on to come out for the eighth round Terry said he had I injured his left hand and was unable to con tin Untie e. e f t It was not a spectacular fight tight with murderous knockdowns but it was Vas f far r more marc severe than most men would to take for no money at all aU i d The champion was In fine trim looking even better than when Mie be he won the title several sc months aro Torry Terry was not In Sn shape and fame rame arne as he Is Is even even ven a 3 Dragon Dugon is riot not so o formidable against a a. well- well conditioned puncher like the champion Terrys Terry's right eye was on the verge of cf closing up shop as early as the fourth round Burke kept a respectful respect respect- ful regard for Terrys Terry's exploding left but the challen challenger showed shoed the effects of his inactivity especially in timing his punches Burke was most sportsmanlike in inthe inthe inthe the defense of his title trying to give the fans a good entertainment as wells well wel wellis is as s showing a genuine regard for his foe by refusing to follow tollow up many advantages with ruthless attacks There was no sense in unduly punishing pun an ill conditioned rival on a benefit program and the fans were gracious to the willing boys on that score t Uses Body Drop V Roughhouse George Cogan substituted substituted for Sherm Christensen and and sought Bought to live up to his Ith l his s gouging tactics until Dern e C master of the airplane spin dis sed of his tormentor with the next lost cst spectacular f fall a back body op Ope Bill Bm Hansen and Newman had a session before Als Al's hammer hammer- ock won the single fall fray Ashley mith Smith and Lou Mueller tussled 20 mutes to a draw which ended with Smith mith favoring a kink in the neck md d Mueller reeling dizzily against the e C ropes Turp Taylor and Doc Doe Johnson wres wres- ed on even terms for 20 minutes the wrestling curtain Art was ruled out by the doctor ter an examination of a l scalp the welterweight suffered hen cracked on the head by a well well- med ed cd pop bottle recently at Cedar ty ity Evans Gets K X O. O Ic Victory ry Mog Warren of Spanish Fork won round six decision over Johnny Cor Cor- i of California who substituted for ung Dinsdale of Ogden Paul Paulins ins axis in in his second professional an ap ance ance kayO kayoed d Jimmy Midvale e Happy Jack quartet sang a apIe plc pIe of at numbers and Dean Lisk x Of Ofas f City called as the worlds world's yo-yo yo plon showed how complicated B- B a yo-yo yo yo top can be be a in n that brought much applause dete dc- dc te Ite the skepticism at first Downings Downing's appearance in the rin ring after a fine introduction by Lisle Smith was the signal for tor prolonged applause after which Hardy e expressed ex e- pressed his thanks for tor m myself and In lii n behalf of my ml famil family 1 |